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North American A 27

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Top speed
  
402 km/h

Length
  
8.84 m

Wingspan
  
13 m

Manufacturer
  
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The North American Aviation A-27 is an attack version of the North American BC-1. Ten aircraft were ordered by Thailand as NA-69 light attack aircraft.

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Instead of being delivered to Thailand, the aircraft were taken over on October 1940 by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) to keep them out of Japanese hands and redesignated A-27 under the USAAC aircraft designation system. Assigned to Nichols Field in the Philippines and used as a trainer, all A-27s were destroyed within a month during the Japanese invasion of that country during World War II.

Operators

 United States
  • United States Army Air Corps
  • 4th Composite Group, Nichols Field, Luzon, Philippines
  • 3rd Pursuit Squadron - 1941
  • 17th Pursuit Squadron - 1941
  • 20th Pursuit Squadron - 1941
  •  Thailand

    Specifications (A-27)

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    General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 2
  • Length: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
  • Wingspan: 42 ft 0 in (12.8 m)
  • Height: 12 ft 2 in (3.71 m)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 6,730 lb (3053 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-1820 Radial, 785 hp (585 Kw)
  • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 250 mph (402 km/h)
  • Range: 800 miles (1,290 km)
  • Service ceiling: 28,000 ft (8,530 m)
  • Armament

  • Guns:
  • 2 x nose-mounted 7.62mm Browning machine guns
  • 1 x rear-mounted 7.62 machine gun
  • Bombs: 4 x 100 lb bombs on underwing racks
  • References

    North American A-27 Wikipedia